Saturday, February 22, 2014

40. Part 1 of our interview with Mona Lisa Saloy, Author & Folklorist,
Educator, and Scholar. An award-winning author of
contemporary Creole culture in poems about Black New Orleans
before and after Katrina, as a Folklorist, Saloy documents
sidewalk songs, jump-rope rhymes, and clap-hand games to discuss
the importance of play. As a poet, her first book, Red Beans & Ricely Yours, won
the T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award
and tied for a third. She's written on the significance of the
Black Beat poets, on the African American Toasting Tradition, on
Black & Creole talk, on conditions and keeping Creole
after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and her new
book, Second Line Home, is a
refreshing collection of poems that captures the day-to-day New
Orleans speech, contemplates family dynamics, celebrates New
Orleans, and all in a way everyday people can enjoy.

This week in Louisiana history. Feb 22-23, 1895.
Largest snowfall recorded in Lake Charles - 22 inches.

This week in Louisiana.
Cajun Country Mardi Gras
Downtown Eunice, 300 S. Second St.
Eunice, LA 70535
337-457-7389 | Fax: 337-457-2565
Five day celebration beginning the Friday before Mardi Gras Day.
Jam sessions, street dances, cooking demos, Mardi Gras Exhibits
and special Liberty Theatre show. Les Jeunes and Lil' Mardi Gras
runs for children on the Saturday and Sunday. Old time boucherie
on the Sunday. Mardi Gras Day activities include traditional
Courir de Mardi Gras and downtown daylong celebration - live
Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music and dancing,ff food, children's
walking parade and return of revelers.

Friday, February 14, 2014

39. We talk to Daniel Rasmussen
about the German Coast Uprising, January 1811. It was the largest
slave uprising in the United States history, with effects that are still
felt.

This week in Louisiana history. February 16 1724 Gov. Beinville was recalled to France in disgrace.

This week in Louisiana. February 15, 2014Krewe of Janus Mardi Gras Parade
Streets of Monroe/West Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201
Family friendly Mardi Gras parade rolling through the heart of downtown West Monroe and crossing the bridge into Monroe. The Krewe was established in 1984; by 2013, the crowd for the parade numbered around 175,000.

Friday, February 7, 2014

38. We finished talking to Dr. Reginald Owens, who was a student at Louisiana Tech during the early days of integration and the first African-American editor of the Tech Talk,
Tech's student newspaper. Now he has come full circle, having returned
to Tech as the head of the Journalism Department. He is also the
director of the news bureau at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. He
is an associate professor and holds the F. Jay Taylor Endowed Chair of
Journalism. He teaches news writing, media and culture, advertising,
public relations and civic journalism. He also works with The Tech Talk
student newspaper and Lagniappe student yearbook. Research interests
include the social history of the African-American press, race and
diversity in the media, and African-American tourism.

This
week in Louisiana history. February 8, 1898 Grandfather clause enacted
for anti-voting purposes.Louisiana the first state to enact it. If
your ancestor voted in 1867 or before, you didn't have to take tests or
pay poll taxes.

This week in Louisiana. February 15, 2014Fasching Karneval & ParadeDowntown MindenMinden, LA 71058318-371-4258Celebrating
our German Heritage! "Fasching" is the German version of Mardi Gras.
Karneval activities 10am until dark. Parade at 2:00pm. Enjoy German
food, music, vendors and fun.